Describing the discovery as small, Statoil said the Gemini North well—drilled by the Songa Enabler—also proved oil.
The company said its Marauder-1 well, located in PEL 104, encountered good oil shows within Birkhead sands with evaluation of logs indicating net pay of up to 8.6 m within a 17.5 m gross oil column.
The latest discovery brings the estimated gross recoverable resources for the Stabroek Block to between 2.25 Bboe and 2.75 Bboe, the company said.
The find at the Blaamann well is estimated to hold up to 3 billion standard cubic meters of recoverable gas. No oil was found.
Operators are finding oil in Mexico’s shallow waters as they look to grow reserves.
Located in a water depth of about 2,175 m (7,136 ft) in the Sangomar Deep Offshore Block, the well was drilled by the Stena DrillMAX drillship about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the FAN-1 exploration well.
AWE Ltd. has confirmed the extension of the Waitsia Field in Australia with the Waitsia-3 well encountering natural gas shows in the Kingia and High Cliff sandstone reservoirs, the company said in a July 4 news release.
Statoil said the Kayak well, which was drilled by the Songa Enabler in the Johan Castberg license, made a discovery totaling between an estimated 25 and 50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.
Rosneft and its partners plan to invest $8.4 billion in developing Russia’s offshore energy industry in the next five years, part of a drive to boost output from new areas.
The company said its South Baghjan-2 well, located in the Baghjan Petroleum Mining Lease, encountered multiple sands in Narpuh and Lakadong+Therria formations.